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5 killed after 2 helicopters were collided near an airport

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  • Two helicopters collided on May 17th near an airport and left no survivors
  • There were a total of five people on board the helicopters who were registered outside of Finland and traveled from Estonia
  • The examination of the collision continues and it could take up to a year, the authorities said, said

Several people are dead after two helicopters came together and crashed near an airport and had not left any survivors.

According to an official press release from the Finland National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), a total of five people died in Kauttua, EURA, near the Eura Airport in the southwest of Finland – on Saturday, May 17th,.

According to the airplans, two people were on board one of the helicopters and three in the other, the Finnish police said. Both aircraft were destroyed in the collision and the subsequent crash.

An emergency call reported the police's collision around 12:35 p.m. local time, and according to the NBI, the first aiders arrived at the scene of the accident. All five passengers were declared dead at the crime scene, and the authorities later revealed in a press conference on Sunday, May 18, by Estonian broadcasting.

The NBI did not immediately answer a comment on Sunday, May 18, the request of the people.

Authorities at the location of the helicopter accident on May 17, in which five people were killed in Finland.

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The crash site, a forest area, has now been isolated, the police said and added that the helicopters were a little more than 300 feet apart.

Both helicopters that were involved in the crash were civil and registered outside of Finland, the police said. According to NBI, they traveled from Tallinn, Estonia, to Piikajärvi in ​​Kokemäki. (Piikajärvi Airport is about 9.3 miles from EURA Airport.)

The Finnish and Estonian authorities now work “closely together in response to the accident, said Johannes Siirilä, Detective Chief Inspector of the NBI, in an official explanation.

The NBI also works with the police department of the southwestern Finland in the investigation, said the office. The police are currently investigating the details of the helicopters and the crash itself.

According to the NBI, the security investment authority also carries out its own investigation at the crash location.

The NBI Robin Lardot said that the investigation was currently being distance between the two aircraft and its amount at the time of the collision collision on May 17, Estnian Public Broadcasting reported.

Authorities at the location of the helicopter accident on May 17, in which five people were killed in Finland.

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According to Estonia Outlet, the two helicopters, which were found as Robinson R-44 models as Robinson R-44 models.

The five victims also take place in the Finnish city.

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Although the Finnish authorities refused to comment on the identities of the deceased, Estnian Public Broadcasting identified three of the crash victims as business people Oleg Sõnajalg and couples Priit and Lilit Jaagant.

Tiina Bieber with the Finnish security investigation authority said that the investigators cannot say whether it was human errors or malfunctions per Estonian broadcast.

Bieber also said that the examination could take nine months to a year.

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